Anthony piiilburn and arthur moors



(No Model.)

A. PHILBURN 8v A. MOORS.

STOPPBR POR BOTTLES. y No. 394,294. Patented Dec. 1l, 1888.

N PETERS, Fhowumagmpmn wnshmgwn, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.`

ANTHONY PHILBURN AND ARTHUR MOORS, OF ASIITON-UNDER-LYNE, COUNTY OF LANCASTER, ENGLAND.

STOPPER FOR BOTTLES.I

lSPECIFIt'JA'JION forming part of Letters Patent No; 394,294, dated December ll, 1888.. Application filed July 8, 1888. Serial No; 278,981. (No model.) Patented in England February 2A; 1887,` No; 1,641;

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.- one side of the arms a" a2, so that they will .Be it known that we, ANTHONY PHILBURN, be on the same side of a vertical plane pass- 4o' otl 132 Katherine Street, Ashton-under-Lyne, ing through the center of the stopper, as more county ot' Lancaster, England, artist, and AR- clearly seen in Fi The clip i of a curved 5 THUR MOORs, of Church Inn Ilurst, of the form, and is a little more than a semicircle, same place, innkeeller, have invented certain and has inwardly-projecting pivots to enter Improvements in Stoppering Bottles, (for the openings in the arms d d'3. The clip is 43 which we have obtained a patent in Great of sufficient strength to impart the necessary Britain, No. 1,641, dated February 2, 1887,) of pinching-pressure to the arms d d2 when itis io which the following is a specification. turned down. lVhen the stopper is applied The object of our invention is to construct to the bottle, the clip fz' raised, as in Fig. l, Y a simple and economical device for stopperallowing' the arms a. a2 to be slid over the part 5c ing bottles. X of the bottle. The clip is then pushed down- In the aceompanyin g drawings, Figure l is ward into the position shown in Fig. 2, cause 15 a viewoii' our improved stopper apart from the ing the clip i to act upon the swells Z Z on the bottle. Fig. is a view oii the same applied arms a d2 and pinch the two arms together to the bottle, and Fig. 3 is a separate view oi against the top of the bottle-neck and hold 5 5 the bridle or clip. the stopper securely in position.

The stopper is composed of three parts, Le claim as our invention- 2o viz: the holderoot' thin sheet metal, the stop- A bottle-stopper for t-he ordinary bottle, per-plug h, of cork, india-rubber, or other suit comprising a top having an attached disk or able material, and the bridle vi. In inanustopper, andapair of curved or swelled spring- 6o facturing the stopper we take a thin sheet oi arms, in one side of which a bridle or clip is lnass, steel, iron, or other suitable metal, and pivoted to embrace the spring-arms and cause 25 stamp or punch out a flat blank to form the them to grasp the bottle-neck and hold the part a. The blank consists of a central circustopper in position, substantially as described. lar portion, o, having projecting arms a d2 on In testimony whereof we have signed our 6 5 opposite sides of the blank, and also smaller names to this specification in the presence of projections, cZ. By a. subsequent operation the two suhscribin g witnesses.

3o arms d a2 are bent into the shape shown in 1 Figs. l and 2, the smaller projections, (Z, being' also bent so as to 't'orm clinching-toes, whereby the cork or rubber plug is attached to the ll'itnesses to the signature of A. Philburn: part a. DAVID FULTON,

35 As will be seen from the drawings, the arms FREDK. DILLON.

c c2 are formed with a swell or curve, Z Z, and lvitnesses to the signature of Arthur Moors; are pierced with holes to receive the pivots Za D. H. VAUDREY, on the clip fz', the said holes being placed to FREDK. DILLON. 

